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TEARS IN THE DARKNESS The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath TEARS IN THE DARKNESS MICHAEL NORMAN and ELIZABETH M. NORMAN Farrar, Straus and Giroux New York Farrar, Straus and Giroux 18 West 18th Street, New York 10011 Copyright © 2009 by Michael Norman and Elizabeth M. Norman Map copyright © 2009 by Jeffrey L. Ward All rights reserved Distributed in Canada by Douglas & Mclntyre Ltd. Printed in the United States of America First edition, 2009 Grateful acknowledgment is made for permission to reprint lyrics from “Red Sails in the Sunset,” written by Jimmy Kennedy and Hugh Williams. Used by permission of Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Norman, Michael, 1947 Oct. 2– Tears in the darkness : the story of the Bataan Death March and its aftermath / Michael Norman and Elizabeth M. Norman.— 1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-374-27260-9 (hardcover : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-374-27260-3 (hardcover: alk. paper) 1. Bataan Death March, Philippines, 1942. 2. World War, 1939–1945 —Prisoners and prisons, Japanese. 3. Prisoners of war—United States —History—20th century. 4. Prisoners of war—Philippines—History —20th century. 5. Prisoners of war—Great Britain—History—20th century. 6. Prisoners of war—Netherlands—History—20th century. I. Norman, Elizabeth M. II. Title. D803.P6 N67 2009 940.54'7252098991—dc22 2008047163 Designed by Abby Kagan www.fsgbooks.com 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 FOR JOSHUA AND BENJAMIN I am very calm. Let the months come, and the years, they’ll take nothing more from me, they can take nothing more from me. —Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front CONTENTS MAP OF THE BATAAN AUTHORS’ NOTE GHOSTS ONE GOING TO GROUND TWO MORE LIKE A HIRED HAND THREE HAWK CREEK FOUR LEAVING FIVE WHISKEY, WAGES, AND THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS SIX MAKING MAGIC SEVEN ONE LAST LOOK EIGHT “A FINAL DETERMINATION” NINE TEN ELEVEN TWELVE THIRTEEN IMAGINE, AFTER EVERYTHING, THIS NOTES SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INDEX

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For the first four months of 1942, U.S., Filipino, and Japanese soldiers fought what was America s first major land battle of World War II, the battle for the tiny Philippine peninsula of Bataan. It ended with the surrender of 76,000 Filipinos and Americans, the single largest defeat in American mil
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TEARS IN THE DARKNESS The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath TEARS IN THE DARKNESS MICHAEL NORMAN and ELIZABETH M. NORMAN Farrar, Straus and Giroux New York Farrar, Straus and Giroux 18 West 18th Street, New York 10011 Copyright © 2009 by Michael Norman and Elizabeth M. Norman Map copyright © 2009 by Jeffrey L. Ward All rights reserved Distributed in Canada by Douglas & Mclntyre Ltd. Printed in the United States of America First edition, 2009 Grateful acknowledgment is made for permission to reprint lyrics from “Red Sails in the Sunset,” written by Jimmy Kennedy and Hugh Williams. Used by permission of Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Norman, Michael, 1947 Oct. 2– Tears in the darkness : the story of the Bataan Death March and its aftermath / Michael Norman and Elizabeth M. Norman.— 1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-374-27260-9 (hardcover : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-374-27260-3 (hardcover: alk. paper) 1. Bataan Death March, Philippines, 1942. 2. World War, 1939–1945 —Prisoners and prisons, Japanese. 3. Prisoners of war—United States —History—20th century. 4. Prisoners of war—Philippines—History —20th century. 5. Prisoners of war—Great Britain—History—20th century. 6. Prisoners of war—Netherlands—History—20th century. I. Norman, Elizabeth M. II. Title. D803.P6 N67 2009 940.54'7252098991—dc22 2008047163 Designed by Abby Kagan www.fsgbooks.com 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 FOR JOSHUA AND BENJAMIN I am very calm. Let the months come, and the years, they’ll take nothing more from me, they can take nothing more from me. —Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front CONTENTS MAP OF THE BATAAN AUTHORS’ NOTE GHOSTS ONE GOING TO GROUND TWO MORE LIKE A HIRED HAND THREE HAWK CREEK FOUR LEAVING FIVE WHISKEY, WAGES, AND THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS SIX MAKING MAGIC SEVEN ONE LAST LOOK EIGHT “A FINAL DETERMINATION” NINE TEN ELEVEN TWELVE THIRTEEN IMAGINE, AFTER EVERYTHING, THIS NOTES SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INDEX

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